From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Oct 6 16:12:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23503 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:12:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23439 for ; Tue, 6 Oct 1998 16:11:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA27915; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:11:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id BAA13498; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:11:32 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19981007011131.32248@follo.net> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:11:31 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jason C. Wells" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disclaimers References: <19981005152856.A16611@Denninger.Net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Jason C. Wells on Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 10:16:28AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 10:16:28AM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: > >I ain't even *authorized* to speak for anyone other than myself, so give > >up now on trying to associate my words with any particular organization. > > Is there some sort of history behind these, "I speak only for myself" > disclaimers? I have seen a few of them. Frankly, they seem odd. A combination of the american liability laws and the general unpleasantness of being taken to talk for somebody when you don't. Historically, it goes back to early USENET days, I think. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message